Improvement in bag-holders



in lavdistended or open state,f'so that the subbe readily-thrown orpoured4 into the latter,l

llJ'iaITlfn' STATES' PATENT ,Qrricng FREEMAN' eoDFnEY, 'or GRAND RAPIDS,MIQHIGAN;

IMPROVEMENT N-BAG-HQLDERS..

Spcciticationforming partei' Letters PatentNo. 42,253, dated April 12,1864.l

To aZZ whgmit may concern.: t but `near the front edge of the hoop...The

Beitknown that .1, FREEMAN GODFREY,

of Grand 4Rapids,.in the county ot Kent and oop B aspace will be allowedbetween' it and the hoop :to admit of thefront edge of the bag beinginserted between them. The bag D is fitted on or over the hoop Bf, thelatter being tilted forward to facilitate this.` Oper- ImprovedA Devicefor Holding Bags.v while the Same are being Filled; vand I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being; had to the accompanying drawings, making aation, and the bail C is then shoved back over part. of thisspecification, inwhich thel top of nthe front part of the bag, and bearsVFigure lis a side sectional view of my in-v Avention, takenin the' linea2 a', Fig. 2. Fig.Vv 2 isa transverseA section of the same, takenvshoved back, clamped between the bars 1 1- Similarletters ofrei'erence'indicate correspondingparts in thelt-wotigures. p

' his, invention consists in the employment or'useof 'an inclined ,benchprovided lwith a fasteningor clamp for sec'uringthe bag on thebench'while`thel former is being filled',

held or clamped while restingon the inclined .bench A, and the hoop Bkeeps'thc mouth of stance with which the bag is to be filled ma bereadily thrown or poured intov the latter. and also for keeping themouth of the bag caused by the gravity ot' its contents will stance withwhich thebag is to be 'iilled may V firmly down upon it, so that acasual detachmentof the bag from the hoop cannot take place. The filledbag is released' by drawing as hereinafterdescribed.` To enable thoseskilled in 4the' art to fully understand and construct my im'ention, Iwill forward the bail G. oti' from the hoop B, and

-tire or fortydegrees-when the vopposite end restsupon the door orground. (See Fig. 1.

proceed todescribe it. then pullingv the hoopl or tilting it forward onbail C is of such dimension'sthat 'when ad# L justed parallel withthefront edge of the i State ot` Michigan, haveinventeda new and Vh uponltheV back part ot' the hoop, while lthe 'lower'. part of the' bag is,when the hoop. is`

-of the hinges c. The bag D is thus securely thebag distended or open,so that the sub- -It will beseen that when the bail C is adjusted backin the hoop B the pull ofthe bag have a Vtendency lto draw the bail Cmore,

A represents an vinclined bench construct- `lts hinges c out of themouth 4of the bag.

ed of a piece of board or plank,a,lprovided The inclined bench admits ofthe fille-d bag at one end-"with two legs, b b, of such a 'being'removed from it with the 'greatest faheight as to .give the board orplank a -requ'il` cility. f p

site degree ofinclination for use-say thirty- The device is exceedinglysimple', may be [constructed at a small cost, and admits of To theelevated end of the board or plank a est4 facility and expedition. thereis attached by hinges c a hoop,'-B, which. Having thus described myinvention, what lmay be constructedofmetaland approximating I claim asnew*7 and desire to secure by Letters to'an oval form, the under sideot' the hoop be- Patent, is Y 1 l A i ing flattened, as shown atd, `soas to be'par- `1. The hoop Battached by hinges, c to a allel with theupper surface of a. The hinges bench or suitable support, in combinationc are composed each of two bars, 1 1', conwith't-he bail C,substantially as and for the necte'd at one end by pivots 2, whchrare atpurpose specified.

) bags being tilled and handled with thefgreatthe front edgeof'thetiattened lower part,d, 2.The inclined bench A, in combinationofthe hoop, the bars 1 being attachcdto the with a bag-fastening forholding the bag and under side ot' thel hoop, and the barsl at E'distending the mouth of thegsame, substantached to the upper surface ofa. d db l tiallyns described. l

C is abailconstructedofametalro an ent l' v (1 L 1 insucliaform as tocorrespond to the form of the` FRELMAN GODI upper pai-trof the hoop B.The ends of this bail I. Witnesses are attached bypivots e to the sidesof the JAS. N. lDAVIS, hoop B, a little below the center ot' the same,B. A. HARLAN.

